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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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